On the latest Sports Retort, we search for any reason for the Miami Heat to worry after the latest turns in the NBA playoffs. While focusing on Miami we wonder what happened to U.S. jai alai culture, and fondly recall the sport’s place in the credits and early plotlines of “Miami Vice.” (Not to mention the pronunciation of the word fronton.) We wonder how, out of nowhere, Toronto Raptors fans put nearly every other pro team in North America to shame over the last two weeks.

Plus, we pick apart what went wrong for Jim after his confident prediction that California Chrome wouldn’t win the Kentucky Derby. We wonder which major college programs offer the free pass Oregon State finally rescinded from its men’s basketball coach. We wonder when the New York Rangers might ever win two playoff games in a row. Plus, the controversial results of our horse snake draft and much more. Read More »

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